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OK so here is where I will put some of my Fave cards from my vast never ending collection. First off in my TCC BLOG I usually mention the latest cards I have gotten from Group Breaks, Ebay, Trades etc. I also try to mention those cards in the Mail Day board. I have some of my cards in My TCC Gallery but not very many and I don't think there is much traffic there. I think SHOW & TELL is the highest traffic area to show off part of my Collection.

I'm a life-long fan of both the WASHINGTON REDSKINS and the LOS ANGELES/ST. LOUIS RAMS. Why the REDSKINS? Easy I was born and raised in the WASHINGTON DC area, they are my Homie Team. Why The RAMS? Well it maybe because I was born under the astrological sign of the ram. Anyway that is my story and I'm sticking with it. So Thus is why I am a RAMSKINS Fan.

I've been collecting cards for most of my life, During my 20s-30s it was mostly off and on, so I have some gaps during the 80s-90s overproduced years. I think that was what turned me away from the hobby for a little while. Over the years my trading tastes have changed, I used to do the typical try to get the whole set, but with full sets being 100s of cards, plus a 100 or so inserts, you need to have access to more money than I have. My Signature has my want lists (I'm not sure how current they are, I need to update them I think) and main areas of interest.

MLB: Nationals (Thus Expos, heck I was into them in the early 70s because of the Red/White/Blue Logo), Senators, Orioles, some Mets and Rockies, - Vintage Teams: Senators, Pilots, 45's

NHL: Capitals mostly with some HOFers.

NBA: Not much into it but Bullets/Wizards is about it. If I can score some good MJ in Wizards or vintage Bullets Unis then great.

I DON'T collect Letterman cards, and I'm going to phase out my GU eventually, it's mostly the concept of the things. That doesn't mean I won't admire the things. I collect Rookie cars, but I try to stay away from Sage and the College Only Products. I have some college cards, some of which I will keep of players I like, but I'm not going out of my way for them.

Anyway one of my absolute fave cards I've had since way back when. I think it must have originally belonged to one of my Brothers when we were kids. It is one of my faves because it is my Birth year 1965:

1965 Topps Ernie Banks

Another fave is:

1974 Topps Washington National League Team Card:

Around 1973-1974 there were rumors the San Diego Padres were going to move to Washington DC to fill the gap that the Senators who skipped off to Texas to become the Rangers had left behind. Well we all know it took 33some years for Baseball to return to DC. So Topps produced about 15 cards marked with Washington NAT'L League using the Padres colors and regular photos. The only difference in the cards are the Team name, the card numbers on the backs are the same as the regular issue. The full set of both "Teams" is difficult to do, but not impossible. Somewhere I've got some dupes of a few of them since I had tried to build the team sets one-by-one but then when I reconnected with my local card shop one of the owners built a set for me. Next stop is to finally get the entire 1974 Topps Baseball set together. I used to be into the 1975 set back in the day, but now I'm not.

NOTE: This first post is subject to updates. I hope you enjoy viewing this thread and occasionally track it.

This post has been edited by captkirk42: Nov 27 2010, 11:22 PM

What I CollectWashington DC area Sports teams and Vintage plus Non-Sport.

NOTE: I may edit this post later to add some more Baseball here, I thought I had a scan of my Frank Robinson Game insert card, I guess I haven't yet.

NOW ONTO FOOTBALL:

As long as I can remember I've been a fan of both the Rams (I guess because I was born under the sign of Aries) and the Redskins (My Homie team).

1971 TOPPS FOOTBALL GAME INSERTS

One of my fave Insert sets is the 1971 Topps Football Card Game Inserts with the Mini Posters, the backs of which have the field for playing the game. Similar in theory to the 1968 Topps Baseball Card Game Inserts each card in this set has the end result of a play. I never played either game because I never had enough of either type of card, in fact I don't think I had more than one or two of those cards when I was little. I don't know what happened to them if I did. I am trying to build both sets, and also the Football Mini Poster Set.

Road Runner,I will certainly try to keep them coming. That was partly why I started this thread, that and to get some more exposure for my PC. I'll keep a lookout for #d 264s, but I really haven't been thinking about that lately.

IronMonkeyThanks. I'm trying to concentrate on finishing out these sets, the mini-posters maybe difficult. The Namath Card I think I got from Ebay. I missed out on a Roman Gabriel card just a few days ago, I was watching it and let it go because my Paypal was getting low, even though the opening bid was only $0.99 D'OH!

What I CollectWashington DC area Sports teams and Vintage plus Non-Sport.

MASCOT CARDSI'm still looking for some of these guys, LMK what you got. Once someone told me they had the set from 2007 Topps but I didn't have anything they needed to trade, so like many other sets, I might have to buy them.

2007 TOPPS BASEBALL:

SCREECH -Nationals and BILLY THE MARLIN - Marlins

THE CHICKEN - FORMERLY THE SAN DIEGO CHICKEN1983 Donruss Baseball

1984 Donruss Baseball

This post has been edited by captkirk42: Feb 19 2009, 01:37 AM

What I CollectWashington DC area Sports teams and Vintage plus Non-Sport.

Here is the rest of the 1968 TOPPS BASEBALL GAME INSTERT CARDS that I have scanned from my PC. I have a few more from the set but haven't scanned them in. UGH! I really really need to organize all my junk, my move from last August has really messed up my already disorganized collection.

Matty Alou and Ron Santo

Harmon Killebrew and Jim Fregosi

Rick Monday and Jim Wynn

This post has been edited by captkirk42: Feb 19 2009, 12:47 PM

What I CollectWashington DC area Sports teams and Vintage plus Non-Sport.

Due to the number of images allowed per post, I will have to put images of HONDO as a DODGER in a later post (I think they are on page 2)

WASHINGTON SENATORS (1965 - 1971)

1970 KELLOGGS & 1970 MILTON BRADLEY CARD GAME

1970 & 1971 TOPPS

1994 TED WILLIAMS

2005 UPPER DECK PAST TIME PENNANTS

TEXAS RANGERS (1972)As many who follow MLB History know in 1971 The WASHINGTON SENATORS left Washington DC to become the TEXAS RANGERS, leaving our Nation's Capital without Baseball until 2005 when the MONTREAL EXPOS moved and became the WASHINGTON NATIONALS

1972 TOPPS

DETROIT TIGERS (1972 - 1973)

1973 TOPPS

NEW YORK METS (1982 - 1984, 1994 - 1996)

1983 TOPPS TRADED & 1984 TOPPS

This post has been edited by captkirk42: Oct 5 2009, 11:00 PM

What I CollectWashington DC area Sports teams and Vintage plus Non-Sport.

One of my fave all-time REDSKINS quarterbacks is good old NUMBER 9SONNY JURGENSEN

Sonny started his NFL career on the EAGLES and was traded to the REDSKINS for Norm Snead and Claude Crabb in 1964.

When I was a kid I had a very nice #9 Jersey. It was comfortable and I wore it a lot, over the years I had to save it from going into the goodwill pile or the pile of old shirts to be used for rags. Sometime during the '80s (late 80s I think) I lost track of it. Perhaps my mother finally gave it away then. Well at least I have memories of it, and a picture or two with me in it.

1968 TOPPS STAND-UP INSERT(I need to find a better centered version of this)

1971 TOPPS CARD GAME INSERT(The Mini-Poster/Playing Field I already scanned earlier in this thread)I love this card and this series, as well as the 1968 Baseball Game Insert set.

EEK! I don't have any more SONNY J cards scanned at this time. WHY? Bummer because there are a few of his cards that are up there as my faves with the 1965 TOPPS ERNIE BANKS

This post has been edited by captkirk42: Feb 19 2009, 03:43 PM

What I CollectWashington DC area Sports teams and Vintage plus Non-Sport.